Author: Don HenkPublisher: DIANE PublishingISBN: 0788170589Size: 80.66 MBFormat: PDF, DocsView: 3514DownloadRead Online
A companion piece, and arguably a superior work, is Eugene B. Fluckey's Thunder Below! The subtitle tells us what the book is about: The USS BarbRevolutionizes Submarine Warfare in World War II. It is a compelling record of the
courage, leadership, initiative, and skill of the author and the competence of his
admirable crew. In crisp prose, Fluckey takes us through five combat patrols from
28 April 1944 to 7 August 1945, during which he was the Commanding Officer of
the USS ...

Author: Spencer TuckerPublisher: ABC-CLIOISBN: 1598844571Size: 13.62 MBFormat: PDF, ePubView: 7046DownloadRead Online
On January 24, 2008, his remains were buried in the South China Sea from the
U.S. Navy nuclear attack submarine Pasadena near the site of his daring rescue
on September 17, 1944, of 14 Australian and British prisoners of war who were
being transported to Japan when their ship sank. Some 450 miles distant at the
time of the sinking, ... Fluckey, Eugene B. Thunder Below! The USS BarbRevolutionizes Submarine Warfare in World War II. Urbana: University of Illinois
Press, 1992.

Author: Spencer C. TuckerPublisher: ABC-CLIOISBN: 1851099697Size: 67.80 MBFormat: PDF, ePub, DocsView: 7622DownloadRead Online
Some 450 miles distant at the time of the sinking, the crew of the Barb managed
to locate and rescue these survivors despite a typhoon. spencerc. tucker See
also Nimitz, Chester William; Submarines; U.S. Submarine Operations against
Japan References Blair, Clay, Jr. Silent Victory: The U.S. Submarine War against
Japan. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1975. Fluckey, Eugene B. Thunder Below! The USS Barb Revolutionizes Submarine Warfare in World War II. Urbana: University
of ...